{"id":483039,"date":"2026-02-16T05:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T05:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/483039\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T05:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T05:24:16","slug":"more-than-1000-gp-clinics-open-during-chinese-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/483039\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 1,000 GP clinics open during Chinese New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: A total of 1,095 general practitioner (GP) clinics will be open at various times during the Chinese New Year public holidays, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Sunday (Feb 15).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Members of the public, including children, who feel unwell during the festive period are encouraged to visit a GP or a 24-hour clinic for minor conditions,&#8221; MOH said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>Those who require medical care during the holidays can visit the Ministry of Health&#8217;s (MOH) <a href=\"https:\/\/go.gov.sg\/gpgowhere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">GPGoWhere website<\/a>, which lists clinics and their opening hours within the proximity of an address or postal code entered.<\/p>\n<p>According to the website, 22 clinics will be open 24 hours a day throughout the festive period from Feb 16 to Feb 18.<\/p>\n<p>MOH advised the public to make an appointment or call the clinic before heading down.<\/p>\n<p>The Health Ministry added that those seeking advice on the appropriate medical care site to visit can call the NurseFirst helpline, which operates daily from 8am to 11pm.<\/p>\n<p>MOH also advised the public to seek medical treatment at a hospital\u2019s accident and emergency departments only &#8220;for serious or life-threatening emergencies, such as chest pain, breathlessness, and uncontrollable bleeding&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To ensure that the 995 Emergency Medical Services can provide swift conveyance for those with emergency conditions, those who are not experiencing life-threatening emergencies should refrain from calling 995.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We seek everyone\u2019s continued effort and cooperation to exercise social responsibility,&#8221; MOH said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SINGAPORE: A total of 1,095 general practitioner (GP) clinics will be open at various times during the Chinese&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[64,63,55173,137,500,8950],"class_list":{"0":"post-483039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-chinese-new-year","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-healthcare","13":"tag-ministry-of-health"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}